Justice Michaela Murphy said before pronouncing the sentences that the defendants crossed the line when they targeted a private citizen. A conviction on the charge carries a sentence of up to 364 days in jail.

Cordes-Eklund and Gillard were two of dozens of people protesting TransCanada’s 44-wind turbine project atop mountains in Kibby Township and the potential development of adjacent Sisk Mountain in northern Franklin County on July 6, 2010.

The protest started at Gold Brook Road, the private road that leads to the wind mill sites off Route 27. State police issued an order to disperse and to stay off the highway, according to troopers’ testimony Monday. The crowd dispersed and moved down the road about 2 miles, the troopers said.

Protesters began walking down the middle of the road to stop a convoy that included two state police cruisers and a truck carrying a 144-foot wind turbine blade to Kibby Mountain, troopers said at the two-day trial.

Cordes-Eklund chained herself by the neck to the undercarriage of the truck and Gillard stepped up on the running board of the driver’s side of the truck. Police say he tried to reach inside to take control of the vehicle after a U.S. Border Patrol agent told him to stop.

Both sides rested their cases Monday after a day of testimony.

Failure to disperse contemplates group action, Assistant District Attorney James Andrews said during his closing argument to jurors.